About the Authors

Jared B. Ditkowsky

Affiliation Respiratory Epidemiology and Clinical Research Unit, Montreal Chest Institute, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Kevin Schwartzman

kevin.schwartzman@mcgill.ca

Affiliations Respiratory Epidemiology and Clinical Research Unit, Montreal Chest Institute, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Respiratory Division, Faculty of Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KS JBD. Performed the experiments: JBD KS. Analyzed the data: KS JBD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KS JBD. Wrote the paper: JBD KS.